[Lab] Air Filter for the Laser Cutter

[Andrew Plumb]

Hey Ryan,

Just in case you can't make it out tonight, I picked up two different types of packs of off-shelf charcoal filter inserts from Home Despot on the way over.  They're in a bag under the MakerBot.

Andrew.

On 2011-08-13, at 8:56 PM, bentfork at gmail.com wrote:

> I was at Ikea yesterday, they had some charcoal filters for sale for $0.50 a piece in the as is section.  I think they were for use in kitchen air filters.  I got one to make a solder fume filter.  They had a good 10-20 of them when I was there.  I'm sure they could be hacked to work.  
> 
> On 11 August 2011 12:39, Ryan Stec <ryanstec at artengine.ca> wrote:
> Hey Folks,
> 
> The laser cutter is on order and should be hear soon, so we need to figure out the air filtration.
> 
> Our salesmen suggested this unit for simple dust collection:
> 
> http://www.busybeetools.com/products/D%7B47%7DCOLLECTOR-3%7B47%7D4HP-PORTALE-750-CFM-CSA.html
> 
> But knowing the community we are working with suggested we could build a charcoal filtration adaptation as the one they sell is quite expensive.
> 
> This is beyond my expertise, so I'm wonder if there are those who are interested in tackling this task with us?
> 
> Cheers,
> Ryan
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